Fatman is a 2020 American dark comedy action film written and directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms and starring Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.[4] David Gordon Green and Danny McBride serve as executive producers of the film. The plot follows an unorthodox Santa Claus who must fight off an assassin sent by a vengeful naughty kid.
Plot
Chris Cringle lives with his wife Ruth and runs his Christmas present shop on a farm near the town of North Peak, Alaska. With his income on the decline because too many children are becoming too vicious, the United States government, who maintains an interest share in Chris’ business, sends Captain Jacobs to propose a two-month contract for producing components for a new jet fighter for the US military. The liaison agents override Chris’ misgivings by virtually threatening to withhold the government’s subsidies, but Ruth manages to restore his spirits.
On Christmas Eve, spoiled rich boy Billy Wenan receives a lump of coal from Chris for his selfishness, and swearing revenge, he hires his personal hitman Jonathan Miller to kill Chris. After some futile first attempts, Miller coerces a Postal Service supervisor to tell him Chris’ address from the letters he receives every year from children around the world. Making his way to North Peak, he trails Chris to the farm, infiltrates the compound and kills all the US Army guards. He is discovered by one of the elf workers; the alarm is raised, and Jacobs manages to evacuate the workers at the cost of his own life, just before Miller blows up the shop.
Chris faces off against Miller and gains the upper hand, but Miller first wounds Chris with a leg-mounted spring blade and then shoots him in the eye, apparently killing him. Ruth intervenes and shoots Miller dead, and because he is essentially immortal, Chris recovers from his injuries. Backtracking Miller’s assignment, he and Ruth pay a visit to Billy, warning him that from now on Chris will come for him (and any other kids) if they ever turn against their fellow human beings again. Afterwards, Chris, Ruth and the elf crew start rebuilding their workshop with renewed confidence.
Cast
Mel Gibson as Chris Cringle, who is frustrated with the world turning into an unruly place[7] and not above wielding guns to defend himself
Walton Goggins as Jonathan Miller (credited as “Skinny Man”), a hitman who works in a toy store[8] and has a personal grudge against Chris for “letting him down” in his unhappy childhood
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Ruth Cringle, Chris’ loving wife and moderating influence
Chance Hurstfield as Billy Wenan, an amoral rich kid who is neglected by his father and cannot stand to lose
Robert Bockstael as Captain Jacobs, the commander of the US Army guards assigned to Chris’ workshop and his liaison to the US government
Eric Woolfe as Elf 7, Chris’ foreman in the workshop
Susanne Sutchy as Sandy, a friend of Chris Cringle and barkeeper in North Peak
Deborah Grover as Anne Marie, Billy’s wealthy grandmother whose accounts are secretly fleeced by her grandson to finance his assignments for Miller
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